What's きます in 持ってきます?

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What does きます mean here? Also I'd like a translation for this sentence.

女の子達は両親に朝御飯を持ってきます。

持ってくる｛もっている｝ is often considered its own verb meaning "to bring." Please see the following for a better treatment of how ～てくる and ～ていく affect verb meaning in general: japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/676/… — G-Cam, Oct 6, 2016 at 16:28
Another useful post that explains ～てくる and ～ていく in the past.japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/25505/… — G-Cam, Oct 7, 2016 at 14:32

Ruri · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-07 14:41:51Z

持って来ます is some sort of compound verb, and as many of these verbs it is best understood when reading it's conforming verbs in sequence.

持って来ます.
持つ & 来る.
take/have & come.
Finally we understand it is the transitive verb: to bring.(because you take something and come someplace)

There are a lot of this kind of words and you can even make your own as needed:

て-verb1 + verb2.

e.g. 傘を忘れて出かけました。 I forgot my umbrella and left(without it).

virmaior · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-07 08:03:29Z

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きます comes from the verb 来る (to come).

女の子達は両親に朝御飯を持ってきます。

= The girls will come and bring breakfast to the parents.

virmaior

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answered Oct 7, 2016 at 7:37

hisao m

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@virmaior why do you downvote my answer?
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Oct 7, 2016 at 13:17
I did not downvote your answer... I did edit your answer a few hours ago.
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Oct 7, 2016 at 14:15
@virmaior Oh, OK! Sorry!
– hisao m
Oct 7, 2016 at 14:21

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